Peaky Blinders - Season 3 (2016 Steven Knight)

Three is proving to be Left Turn City. Who would have thought Tommy would be married, only for Grace to be dead by the end of episode 2? Who would have thought Arthur would be hooked up with a God-botherer? Or that a sapphire would be cursed? Has a most exciting final episode which in itself contains two major plot twists.

Churchill's got him involved with dodgy White Russians this time, and the new character-to-hate is 'priest' Paddy Considine. The plot is literally putting Tommy in tunnels this season - tunnels under the Thames. And there's a shadow of The Godfather when Michael / Corleone gets personal and gets his hands dirty.

From the look of Tommy's mansion, things certainly are going well. Couple of great scenes here with the brothers (and cousin) congregating in the servant's kitchen (Arthur: 'It's where the booze is') and then later, the madness that follows when they give Michael a gun..

How could you shoot one of these?

Great scene when Tom Hardy asks Tommy if he's different from any of the other bastards...

Have to mention Curly (Ian Peck) and Johnny Dogs (Packy Lee). The Russian princess is Gaite Jansen and the grand duchess Dina Korzun (Last Resort).

Cinematographer this series is Laurie Rose. And there's welcome bit of Bowie's 'Lazarus' (he was a fan of the show). (I thought I'd heard something that sounded like White Stripes earlier.. I have to admit I assumed all the music was written for the show. Then I thought I heard Radiohead..)